When there is no “shining example” to follow or moral hero to aspire to, we are compelled to cry for Someone Better to instill in us the hope we so desperately crave.

Strasbourg’s hymnals are especially relevant to American Lutherans because much of what we experience in our churches comes to us from Strasbourg.

If you are a Christian, you already have what you need to give a reason for the hope within you. That reason, though, is not you.

It is an epic event when the One who makes the world names us as a gift, baldly stating reality.

Little did they know that the one showing them all this kindness was the very one they had betrayed. 

The gospel is for sinners – both the tax collector and Pharisee, both in need of the Great Physician. 

The Holy Maker is going to create what no one ever sees: something from a nothing, someone from a no-one. 

Eucatastrophe is the coming untrue of all sin, evil, and death. And where that starts is the empty tomb of the risen Jesus.

In Israel today, it's still possible to witness the same scene the disciples saw 2000 years ago when the Bedouin shepherds bring their flocks home from various pastures at the end of the day.

Fellowship is nothing if it is not ultimately fellowship with God.

The price was really paid. Your sin remains buried in Christ’s tomb.